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Major in something you're genuinely interested in that has a lot of elective space (psychology does this in a lot of universities- history may as well). Use the
by aspir 16y ago
Major in something you're genuinely interested in that has a lot of elective space (psychology does this in a lot of universities- history may as well). Use the space to double major in something else, or heavily stack up in minors. A math/stats/cs major may be too much for you, but a minor may be perfect. Just do something you feel is both useful and thought provoking- you've apparently seen just enough of the "real world" to know what you need and want. Steve Jobs has said that one of his most influential classes in college was calligraphy, which led to the development of artistic typefaces on the first GUI computers.
- klbarry 16y agoActually, calligraphy sounds great, and I'm going to check now if my college teaches it, and add it to my list. Thanks for that.
- philwelch 16y agoTo be fair, Steve Jobs didn't actually take calligraphy--he ran out of money and dropped out of college by then. He just kind of bummed around Reed College for awhile and dropped in on classes that seemed cool, and calligraphy was one of them. He probably learned enough about calligraphy to impress upon him the idea that attention to detail--even down to how the written word is physically shaped and represented--is important. But he didn't necessarily pick up enough technique to be a great calligrapher. Lots of classes don't have enough general interest content to be worth spending 3 hours a term on, but are still worth attending a lecture or two. Easier if you're a college town bum than if you're an actual student though.